Fixing Internet Explorer 10: upgrade to Internet Explorer 9
This doesn't have anything to do with C# or Visual Studio today, other than to show how you can make utter crap with a decent language and an overcomplicated IDE.
Microsoft, as usual, has decided that it knows what broken piece of crap browser is better than what I'm using and keeps shoving the piece of crap Internet Explorer 10 down my throat. Well, during a backup and restore procedure, I accidentally missed telling Windows not to load that piece of crap IE10 on my computer. So I ended up with that piece of crap IE10 on my computer.
Well, it's a simple fix to remove it, right? Oh, hell no. Microsoft not only screwed up IE10, but they screwed up restoring IE9 also. After uninstalling IE10 program - oh wait, it's not a program that can be uninstalled, it's a part of the frigging operating system! OK, after uninstalling the piece of crap IE10 Windows component, just reinstall IE9.
But wait, there's more! When you try to reinstall IE9, Windows happily stops the installation and tells you it's already installed. Asshats.
OK. Now I get to go to the Microsoft Support site and find out how to get around the bug to get around the bug when removing the piece of crap IE10. Fortunately, Microsoft has several troubleshooting alternatives at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2579295 for when the first solution decoy, Mr. Fixit Wizard, fails. The second one, running a command line, actually seemed to do the job Mr. Fixit failed to do. The Mr. Fixit Wizard is probably a union employee, and was smoking crack and drinking beer behind the curtain when he was supposed to be doing his job. Of course, I had to fix the command to remove the piece of crap IE10 rather than IE9. Here's what I ran:
Windows still had some complaints and opened copious other command windows. But after that, at least, I was able to complete the IE9 installer.
But wait, there's more! After removing the piece of crap IE10, rebooting, and installing IE9, and rebooting, Windows decides that there are some files in use and fails to finish installing IE9. Run the installer again, reboot. Now is Windows happy?
Hallelujah, it is! Amazing how Microsoft can turn such a simple little procedure into an annoying mess. Better that mess than the mess that is the piece of crap IE10.
Oh, by the way, I don't like the piece of crap IE10.
